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Sisu Uptown Resort

Sisu Uptown Resort is one of the few Uptown aqua lounges that does not require a club membership. Open to the general public, Sisu's pool accommodates Dallasites looking to swim year round.

Lake House Bar & Grill

Located less than a mile away from White Rock Lake, just off of Northwest Highway, Lake House Bar & Grill is a far cry from an actual lake house, although it'll do just fine after a long day of work.

What looks like an actual treehouse, if it were first an old fraternity house, is a spanning two-story bar directly next to the heart of the University of North Texas campus, and caters mostly to students.

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Havana Bar & Grill
4006 Cedar Springs Road Dallas, TX 75219
214-526-9494
http://www.myspace.com/havanafresas Havana brings a touch of Miami's South Beach to Cedar Springs, serving up pumping dance beats inside a white stucco building lit with multicolored lights. The club is deceptively larger than it appears from the street, with a spacious dance floor separating the bar from a set of high-backed booths along the building's south wall. An elevated booth cloaked in dangling beads keeps the DJs perched just above the dance floor. Expect to see a well-dressed crowed dancing to Latin, hip-hop and Top 40. Parking is scarce on Cedar Springs, so either bring cash for a valet or prepare for a stroll. Read more about this Dallas bar or club >>
Havana Social Club
3030 Olive St. Dallas, TX 75219-7690
214-303-0544
http://www.havanasocialclub.net
Idle Rich Pub
2614 McKinney Ave. Dallas, TX 75204
214-965-9926
http://www.idlerichpub.com This Uptown mainstay is one of the city’s great equalizers. Drinkers from all backgrounds frequent the Idle Rich, where a Bud Light is just as respectable an order as a fine scotch from the pub’s extensive food and drink menu. The bar’s interior, deep warm wood from floor to ceiling, is clean and well-designed. Though the room is wide open, the different levels on the floor and partitions between booths give a feeling of privacy at every seat. Over the bar hang flatscreen televisions, on which soccer games and highlights take precedent. Read more about this Dallas bar or club >>
J.R.'s Bar and Grill
3923 Cedar Springs Road Dallas, TX 75219
214-528-1004
http://www.caven.com Located on Cedar Springs in the Oak Lawn area, this popular bar has been remodeled and expanded three times since its opening in 1980. J.R's boasts three full bars -- two downstairs and another upstairs on its usually bustling covered patio/balcony. The patio makes for a great place to watch the basic hustle and bustle of a Friday or Saturday night on Cedar Springs as folks visit other nearby clubs, bars and restaurants, but expect huge crowds upstairs during events like the Alan Ross Texas Freedom Pride Parade and Festival. There are happy hour specials every day of the week; check the bar's website for details. Read more about this Dallas bar or club >>
Katy Trail Ice House
3136B Routh Street Dallas, TX 75201
214-468-0600
http://www.katyicehouse.com Dallas has plenty of ultra-lounges and dive bars in its watering-hole repertoire, but the city didn't have an ice house-inspired bar to speak of. The owners of the Barley House and Bryan Street Tavern filled that niche with a Texas-centric ice house complete with nearly 30 Texas beers on draft and several newly bottled Texas whiskeys. As the name suggests, the bar is located just off the Katy Trail, and since it's relying on outdoorsy types to stay in business, it has one of the biggest, most colorful patios in town. If you need something to soak up all the Texas suds, the bar has a full menu that includes dark-beer venison chili -- what else would you expect from a roadhouse menu? Read more about this Dallas bar or club >>
Kennedy Room
2512 Maple Ave. Dallas, TX 75201
214-880-0189
A mere 350 square feet is all the Kennedy Room -- a small Kennedy-themed bar in Uptown -- is working with. Cramped seating and few tables may seem initially off-putting for people looking to grab drinks on a busy weekend, but there's room on the spacious outdoor patio offered in front of the pink Montaigne Club building on Maple Avenue. If you're lucky enough to grab one of the 10 or so tables and sparse bar stools, you can admire the Kennedy Room's overhanging Kennedy and Jackie O. mural, the penny-lacquered bar and classic cocktails it serves. Read more about this Dallas bar or club >>
La Duni Latin Kitchen and Baking Studio
4264 Oak Lawn Ave. Dallas, TX 75219
214-520-6888
http://www.laduni.com This Highland Park branch of Taco and Dunia Borga's popular Latin fusion eatery is more café -- albeit one writ large (the main dining room sits 90) -- than restaurant. The menu is still full of award-wining fare, beginning with coffee at first light and breakfast pastries made by pastry chef Dunia. Lunch and dinner include what the Borgas call "Latin, or Mestizo, flavored foods," including grillados (grilled sandwiches), and family-style platters, like pollo criollo and bife de cuadril. The Gaucho Steak, an Argentine-inspired rib-eye presentation and enough for three, is a big dinner draw. But what distinguishes this La Duni from the other two outposts are the signature baked treats, like guava and cheese Gloria and the banana mantecada enjoyable at Mojito bar. Read more about this Dallas bar or club >>
Level Bar And Grill
3903 Lemmon Ave. Dallas, TX 75219
214-498-5815
http://www.levelbarandgrill.com Opened late-January 2010, Level Bar & Grill took over the two-story spot left vacant when Rush closed months before. The location's easy to spot by the warm glow of string lights hung on the two wrap-around patios. Open daily from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m., Level offers happy hour specials until 8 p.m., such as $3 wells or $7 "Blue Motherfuckers," which are potent, punch-like concoctions of various liquors, liqueurs and fruit juices. There are plenty of TVs, and a group of folks meet together Tuesdays to watch Glee from the bar. Level brings in different DJs every night of the week to keep folks dancing, with karaoke nights, live entertainment and talent shows planned to mix things up. Read more about this Dallas bar or club >>
The Library Bar
3015 Oak Lawn Ave. Dallas, TX 75219
214-224-3144
http://www.landmarkrestodallas.com The Library Bar sits on the ground floor of the historic Warwick Melrose Hotel in the Oak Lawn area, not far from downtown Dallas. Designated a Dallas Historic Landmark in 1983, the original apartment hotel was built in 1924. The Library Bar offers patrons a relaxing, dimly lit piano-bar environment in a laid-back library setting -- though at night, it's far too dark in The Library Bar to read any of the books lining the shelves. The bar specializes in wines and martinis and features a "wedding cake martini," which is a favorite among the regulars. It features live music every day of the week -- with the exception of Sundays -- so the library setting makes a great cozy place to unwind while sipping on a well-made drink. Some menu favorites include the five-spiced calamari salad with sweet Thai vinaigrette, the seared day-boat scallops with chorizo and preserve of lemon butter and the Global Cheese Plate & Charcuterie platter (local artisan cheeses, smoked Texas peppered salami and a menagerie of breads and crackers as well as mustard and fresh and dried fruit) Read more about this Dallas bar or club >>
The Living Room Bar
2440 Victory Park Lane Dallas, TX 75219
214-397-4100
http://www.starwoodhotels.com/whotels/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1521 It's hard to expect anything but glitz from the W Hotel's hotel bar, The Living Room, which has 2009's version of the future as its theme. Its main source of light literally emanates from the bar, a large white counter shining brightly like a florescent light bulb. Strangely, it has a tractor-beam effect, compelling patrons to look at the shelves on the back wall. Nothing too special back there. A few good bourbons to accompany a moderate wine list. A jazz band typically sets up in the corner, playing mood music for hotel guests lounging in the bar's plush seats, scattered about the room. Read more about this Dallas bar or club >>
The Loon
3531 McKinney Ave. Dallas, TX 75204
214-559-3059
Open 365 days a year, this popular dive bar and grill just off McKinney Avenue in the West Village is a hit with all the neighboring apartments, condos and lofts, as well as anyone who's able to take the McKinney Avenue Trolley. And it's no wonder The Loon is so popular with folks in the neighborhood -- who don't have to drive -- because it has a very solid reputation for having bartenders with some of the longest pours in Dallas. "Stiffest of the stiff," one regular says. "Just a splash of Coke." Food specials are scratched on chalkboards scattered throughout the establishment, and the thin-crust pizza, plates of pasta and thick hamburgers are the most popular menu items. It's worth noting that this windowless bar is in a strip near a dentist's office and a Subway. Bring quarters to play pool or the jukebox, and forget what's going on outside -- you can't even tell if it's raining. Read more about this Dallas bar or club >>
Luxx Nightclub
723 N. Pearl St. Dallas, TX 75201
214-455-9081
http://www.luxxdallas.com
Main Street Event Center
2208 Main St. Dallas, TX 75201

Just west of Central Expressway on Main Street sits Main Event Center, one of the biggest nightclubs in the metroplex. Formerly Purgatory, and briefly Bacy’s, the club boasts seven different rooms built into the four-story complex. Standing in the long lines that pour out in the street, patrons can hear the bass from the speakers rattling the walls. Inside, scantily clad ladies dance while sharp-dressed men cooly watch the action off to the side. The bar serves little other than vodka and domestic beer, and in the VIP section, patrons pay for bottle service. Read more about this Dallas bar or club >>
McKinney Avenue Tavern
2822 Mckinney Ave. Dallas, TX 75204-2538
214-969-1984
http://www.mckinneyavenuetavern.com When you're looking for a serious sports bar, Big Al & Redneck Steve's McKinney Avenue Tavern has you and your team's number. It's the kind of place where you see several tables filled with folks in sweaty, grass-stained uniforms who just left a baseball diamond or a football field and are ordering pitchers before watching a game. And with flatscreens both inside and on the patio (including a huge 96-inch big screen), no matter where you're seated you'll be sure not to miss a second of the action. The bar always offers $3 PBRs and happy hour runs all night on Tuesdays. The front patio offers regulars a good view of McKinney Avenue for Uptown people-watching and provides a nice, quieter spot when a big game is on inside. Read more about this Dallas bar or club >>
Medina Oven & Wine Bar
2304 Victory Park Lane Dallas, TX 75219-7646
214-979-0003
http://www.medinadallas.com This tiny 50-seat restaurant with an open kitchen embedded with an oven for gas-fired thin crust pizzas is perhaps the most stylish Moroccan restaurant ever to hit Dallas. Rich reds, burgundies, oranges and olive oil greens. Intricate metal work. Imported lanterns for sconces. Medina's brief menu includes a handful of tagines (Moroccan stews), phyllo (pastry) rolls filled with shrimp or spinach or goat cheese, and grilled brochettes with chicken or Andalusia scallops or tenderloin or chicken. That it's in Victory Park is as strange as it is wonderful. Read more about this Dallas bar or club >>
Monica's Nueva Cocina
4123 Cedar Springs Rd Dallas, TX 75219

If you visit Monica's Nueva Cocina, chances are you'll meet the famous Monica Green. The 57-year-old restaurateur works the room like a pro, greeting nearly every customer. Oak Lawn needed a Mexican restaurant with good food that doesn't break the bank and in many ways Monica's delivers. While some fusion dishes dismay, Tex-Mex and Mexican plates deliver wins far more than they disappoint. Try the chili con carne enchiladas and be ruined for chain-restaurant versions forever. The Mexican lasagna is satisfying and tacos are good across the board, partly because of the hand-made tortillas the kitchen employs. Read more about this Dallas bar or club >>
Monica's Nueva Cocina
4123 Cedar Springs Rd Dallas, TX 75219
Naan Sushi
2600 Cedar Springs Road Dallas, TX 75201
214-772-6399
http://www.naansushi.com Seven years after the original location opened in Plano, the proprietors set up a second shop in Uptown's Gables Villa Rosa development. Owner Peter Kim's restaurant has an upscale menu offered by executive chef Tam Huyn. The portions on the special platters are large. These include the Super Tataki (eight pieces of ahi tuna and eight pieces of flounder, wrapped in radish sprouts and jalapeño with cilantro and ponzu sauce). But if you're going to order from that section, defer to the chef. Request the Chef's Choice Platter. The sushi served in this polished location includes not just stalwart selections but house favorites like the spicy deep-fried Texas Tornado and a pillar of seafood, the Ahi Tuna Tower. Read more about this Dallas bar or club >>
The Nodding Donkey Uptown
2900 Thomas Ave. Dallas, TX 75204
214-922-8898
http://thenoddingdonkey.calwink.com If you're in West Texas and you hear someone talking about a nodding donkey, it's probably just an oil-worker talking about oil well pumpjacks. Around Dallas, however, if you overhear some talk of The Nodding Donkey, the folks mean a certain neighborhood saloon located in Uptown across Thomas Avenue from Londoner. Opened fall 2010, the bar features several Texas-size TVs perfect for catching a game, and even has a 3-D screen with several pairs of glasses. The menu features mostly Southern-style food ranging from burgers and sandwiches to Frito pie and brisket chili with jalapeño cornbread, as well as "Texican" items like tacos, flautas and chimichangas. Read more about this Dallas bar or club >>
Pira at the American Airlines Center
2500 Victory Ave. Dallas, TX 75219
214-221-8326
http://www.piradallas.com
The Pooch Patio
3811 Fairmount St. Dallas, TX 75219
214-252-1550
http://www.thepoochpatio.com One of the most unique little bars in Uptown caters to humans and canines alike. Take your pooch to The Pooch Patio in Oak Lawn and treat him to a day of relaxation while you partake in the bar's wide selection of craft beers and wine. A shaded front deck or a sun-drenched patio out back allows pups of every kind, as long as they're not destructive. Food, boarding and spa treatment are all services you can purchase at The Pooch Patio and the bar's Bark Boutique store, although many owners go simply to mingle with fellow dog lovers. Read more about this Dallas bar or club >>
Primebar
2520 Cedar Springs Road Dallas, TX 75201
214-296-4437
http://www.primebardallas.com This Uptown bar is nothing like what one would expect from a sports bar. Aside from a good number of well-placed flat screen televisions that adorn the walls, the place is simply a sleek, dimly lit Uptown bar with an impressive beer selection. The layout of the huge room is deceptive. It tricks you into thinking you’re in a small, cozy environment, flanked with warm wooden walls and modern lighting. Part of the room has tall cocktail tables, while another part is set up like a restaurant, where you can order from a menu of creatively dressed up bar food. Read more about this Dallas bar or club >>
Primo's Tex-Mex Bar & Grille
3309 McKinney Ave. Dallas, TX 75204
214-220-0510
http://www.primosdallas.com Established by two cousins ("primos" in Spanish) in 1986, this popular eatery offers Tex-Mex family recipes and standards that draw area chefs and hospitality workers after their shifts. It's easy to understand why, what with signature dishes like the piquant Tacos Camperos (a quartet of corn tortillas filled with onions, jalapeños, a cheese blend and a choice of chicken, beef or pork fajita slathered with chipotle sauce) and the Chicken Chuy, a chef's fave comprised of mesquite-grilled chicken breast packed with cheese, bacon, mushrooms and peppers (with rice and beans, of course). Classic enchiladas are well represented on the menu, alongside chimichanga and chile relleno platters. The dining room, like the two-option dessert menu (sopapillas or flan) is a no-fuss, simple space with a front patio for the constant spillover from the inside. Read more about this Dallas bar or club >>
The Quarter Bar
3301 McKinney Ave. Dallas, TX 75204
214-754-4940
http://www.breadwinnerscafe.com/index.php?page=quarter This two-story Uptown Crescent-City-themed bar shares its wrought iron and plant-filled patio (as well as some of its menu items) with its next-door neighbor and sister establishment, Breadwinners. The bar manager says there's even one popular snack that's not on the menu, but the bar's regulars know to ask for the green chili mac n' cheese. The inside resembles a library or a study minus the walls of books. The décor's all leather, dark woods and plush fabrics, and there are plenty of nooks and crannies for private conversations, making it a great place for a first date or a spot to catch up with old friends. Great daily specials like the $1 PBR and half-price pizzas on Mondays, and even a Saturday noon-6 p.m. special with half-price burgers and pints make this a popular neighborhood haunt. The bar's frozen Jack and Coke and cherry vodka limeade make for refreshing adult slushies, and on Tuesdays you can get them for only $2 during happy hour. Read more about this Dallas bar or club >>
Randy's Club Cherries
2506 Knight St. Dallas, TX 75219
214-520-8251
Like walking into an 80s night club, Randy's Cherries hasn't really changed in decades. Laser lights and fog machines still permeate the gay bar's large interior. Shiny surfaces, glossy concrete floors and pool tables attract patrons looking for a place to drink, dance and mingle. Located just on the edge of Uptown, the gay bar's drag shows on the weekends and karaoke throughout the workweek bring in gay couples and singles looking to socialize. Don't head to Cherries' if you want to be a wallflower. The back room of the club features something no other Dallas club has: a shower. Yes, you heard right, a shower in the middle of the room. Things tend to get kind of steamy at Randy's Cherries, so it makes sense to have one. Read more about this Dallas bar or club >>

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